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Mel Bochner — Blah Blah Blah
Mel Bochner

Blah Blah Blah

2024

A vibrant example from Mel Bochner's celebrated 'Blah Blah Blah' series, featuring three rows of the word 'BLAH' rendered in thickly impastoed, multicolored letters against shifting dark backgrounds. The heavy, textural application of pigment—each letter in a distinct hue from hot pink and white to teal, orange, and brown—creates a sculptural quality that bridges painting and relief. This work continues Bochner's decades-long exploration of language, meaning, and visual rhetoric, transforming banal verbal filler into a sumptuous material spectacle.

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Mel Bochner, Blah Blah Blah, 2024

A vibrant example from Mel Bochner's celebrated 'Blah Blah Blah' series, featuring three rows of the word 'BLAH' rendered in thickly impastoed, multicolored letters against shifting dark backgrounds. The heavy, textural application of pigment—each letter in a distinct hue from hot pink and white to teal, orange, and brown—creates a sculptural quality that bridges painting and relief. This work continues Bochner's decades-long exploration of language, meaning, and visual rhetoric, transforming banal verbal filler into a sumptuous material spectacle.

Year
2024

Related themes

Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Polychromatic, Impasto, Unique Work, Abstract, Contemporary, Textual Art

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Lisa Rembrandt, Derek Jones